Hi everyone. I know there are a few of you trying to lose
some unwanted weight from our quarantine. You may have chosen not to do
the Bet on You Challenge with us and that’s ok. I still want to share some of
the strategies with you and I’m rooting for you behind the scenes! Here
is a little perspective I shared with my Bet on You Group this morning.
Food for Thought:
- One pound = 3500
calories
- In order to lose one
pound, we have to shave off 3500 calories from what our body is used
to. That’s freakin’ hard!
- The best way to
approach this is to find a way to shave off 500 calories a day to get us
to this point. Usually I would say that a 500 calorie deficit
can be a combination of exercise and food; however, most of us have been
working out consistently since this pandemic began. What does that
mean? It means this weight gain we are dealing with is really coming from
what we are eating and drinking.
- That probably comes as
no surprise. It’s been a strange and stressful time and certainly
our diet is a reflection of the times. During stressful times, our
intake often shifts to psychological eating vs. physical eating
- See if you can you make
this shift in your mindset? Eat for hunger only, nutrient dense food, 90%
of the time each week (physical eating). And 10% of the time
eat things you love just because (psychological eating). If you do
the math, that’s allowing you approximately 2x each week to stray from
your healthy eating.
- Also this needs to be
said. It’s not fun but we all need to be ok with a little hunger
right now. We are asking our body to get used to 500 calories a day
less than what it’s used to. There’s really no way to accomplish
this without feeling a little hungry now and then. Water and lots of
veggies are great tactics for getting us through these hungry spells.
Weight loss is not a linear process and there’s no guarantee
that you will be a pound lighter this Sunday but I promise you…changes are
happening inside your body. Momentum and consistency are
everything. Keep it up and let me know how I can help from the sidelines.
Deanne